Research Article

Effect of Body Weight on the Nutritional Content of Rice Field Eel, Monopterus albus

Table 5

The essential mineral contents of the three sizes of Monopterus albus (based on wet weight, mg/kg).

Mineral elementsMuscleSkin
ABCABC

Natrium443.66 ± 4.21a567.88 ± 4.81b546.51 ± 4.72b457.35 ± 5.01a584.43 ± 5.46b561.44 ± 4.71b
Magnesium510.12 ± 4.31a637.25 ± 5.42b608.11 ± 4.81b523.20 ± 4.21a666.33 ± 5.27b644.11 ± 5.05b
Kalium304.22 ± 3.12a419.11 ± 3.26b381.12 ± 3.11b312.46 ± 3.31a421.87 ± 3.03b405.43 ± 3.75b
Calcium85.34 ± 1.07a158.11 ± 1.14b144.56 ± 1.11b90.25 ± 1.02a169.33 ± 0.99b152.34 ± 1.00b
Manganese1.12 ± 0.021.26 ± 0.021.18 ± 0.021.16 ± 0.021.31 ± 0.031.22 ± 0.01
Ferrum11.45 ± 0.1412.44 ± 0.1012.06 ± 0.1537.44 ± 0.2043.31 ± 0.1440.62 ± 0.20
Zinc20.31 ± 0.4528.11 ± 0.4425.39 ± 0.4142.55 ± 0.5449.94 ± 0.5847.72 ± 0.52

Note: In the same sampled tissue, the right superscript letter associated with the detection value for the same detection index of different groups indicates a significant difference ().